workona

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We built Workona to help you organize your work in the browser. You can use our workspaces (smart browser windows) for projects, repeating activities, or simple dashboards. The tabs you have open in each workspace are remembered the next time you come back, so you can always pick up right where you left off.

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workona.com

Questions? Email us at: support {a} workona.com

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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Glad you like the concept. You're correct that we don't attempt to do account isolation as that isn't the purpose of our workspaces. Our workspaces are meant to be used at the project/meeting/workflow level, not at the Example Inc./Acme Inc./Home level.

As another person suggested, you can use Chrome profiles with Workona installed on each, but that likely isn't what you're after.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Thanks! We'll add Firefox support soon. In fact, they have some additional APIs that we're pretty excited about.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
We're still in beta, but you should check out Workona if you're looking for a work-focused solution:

https://workona.com

Think of it as a way to save links organized in "workspaces" for a specific project or workflow rather than a traditional bookmark manager.

For example, if you were writing a blog post, you could create a workspace for the Google Doc, Wordpress page, Hemingway Editor, and all the research you might want to include in the post.

You can then shut the workspace and pick up right where you left off with everything you need to work on the blog post later. This way you don’t clutter up your bookmarks with links that will be irrelevant once you're done working on the project.

Comment · 8 years ago
Set up what you're going to work on next before you take a break. So much easier to jump right back into being productive.
Comment · 8 years ago
Glad you're enjoying it!
Comment · 8 years ago
Glad you like it! You’re right that onboarding can be tough for users with lots of tabs. We're working on a few things that will make it easier.

The intended initial set up flow is: - Create a workspace (+ button next to the word “Workspaces”) - Switch to the window with all your unsorted tabs - Drag and drop the tabs into your workspaces (multi-select coming soon)

Things get much easier once you’re set up. Workspaces are essentially smart browser windows, so you can just open a new (unsaved) window and browse like you normally do. If at any point you decide you want to save the window as a workspace, you simply click on our icon and give it a name.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
We won’t ever sell your data under any circumstances. Our business model is focused on increasing your productivity at work, not data collection. In other words, no one will ever see your URLs but you (except for the collaborators you explicitly share your workspaces with).
Comment · 8 years ago
Thanks! Our founding team is very privacy-conscious ourselves and certainly understand your concerns in light of the recent news. Right now the extension stores all your data locally (hence uninstall resulting in loss of workspaces). We’re working on building online backup / sync and are doing so very thoughtfully with regard to data security.

Glad to hear that you like the search feature! Clicking on a workspace in the search results is very similar to what will happen when someone opens the workspace URL from a calendar invite, etc.

Your point about workspace naming is one we have considered carefully. We think it’s important to have a name to use as a handle to reference later or your workspaces quickly turn into your tab graveyard. The last thing we want is for people to say “I have no idea what any of this is.”

If you don’t want to give it a name, that’s fine, just don’t close the window. When you’re ready to close it, take a moment to give it a name you can remember it by, then shut it.

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